Crochet needle



S. M. RIKER.

CROCHET NEEDLE.

APPLICATION FILED 05029, 1920.

1 409 579. I Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

SAMUELHML BIKER, or CHESTER, NEW .rnnsny.

CROCHET NEEDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar, 14, 1922.

Application filed December 29,1920. Serial No. 433,817.

T 0 all whom z'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL-dl. RlKER, a citizen of the United v States, residing at Chester, in the county of ,Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crochet- Needles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This inventionv relates, generally, to im provements in needles, and more especially to crochet-needles; and, the present invention has reference, more particularly, to a novel construction of crochetneedle, the shank or main stem of which is formed with a twist for the reception of the operators finger, the purpose being to readily and effectively hold and maintain the needle in its proper and operative relation to the hand, as well as to the work.

The present invention, therefore, has for its principal object to provide a novel and simply-constructed crochet-needle provided with an integrally formed finger-receiving loop or guard, with a view of providing a simple means of maintaining the proper position of the needle with relation to the hand of the operator, and also dispensing with the usual tiring effect, due to the fact that the shank or stem of the usual needle has to be firmly held between the thumb and the forefinger, while with the retaining loop or finger-ring arrangement of the present device, the needle, while crocheting is properly held against the forefinger of the operator with out the necessity of contact or pressure of the thumb against the needle as heretofore, thus by means of the free movement of the forefinger permitting a free and wider scope of movement of the tip of the needle.

Other objects of the present invention not at this time more particularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the present invention.

With the various objects of the present invention in view, the said invention consists, primarily, in the novel crochet-needle hereinafter more fully set forth in the following specification and as embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended to the said specification.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 1s a perspective view of a crochet needle made according to and embodying the principlesof the present invention, said view illustrating in connection with the hand of the operator, the application of the crochet-needle to the forefinger of thehand; Figure 2 is a side elevation of the crochet-needle; and FigureB is a transverse sectional representation of the same. said section being taken. on line 33 in said Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrow 00.

Similar characters of reference are employed in the said above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, the reference-character 1 indicates the shank or main stem of a crochetneedle, usually made of a continuous piece of tempered-wire, which is formed at its one end-portion with a crocheting tip or point, as 2, of the usual configuration.

Intermediate of the said tip or point 2 and the end-portion 3 of the said shank or stem 1, the latter is made with a spirally shaped twist, as l, extending, preferably. to one side of the shank or stem, as shown, and which provides a suitable loop or fingerreceiving guard. integral with the parts 5 and 6 of the shank or stem, substantially as shown in the several figures of the drawings.

From the foregoing description of the present invention it will be clearly evident that a cheap and simply-constructed crochetneedle has been produced, the finger-receiving loop being of the same cross-section as that of the main shank or stem 1, being readily twisted 0r bent into the configuration desired, without any undue additional operations of manufacture and also providing a strong attaching means, without unnecessary increase in the cost of manufacture.

Furthermore, the spirally formed and angular arrangement of the receiving loop, with relation to the longitudinally extending longitudinal axis of the main shank or stem 1, is such that the loop serves not only to properly position the crochet-needle in its position upon the forefingenrelative to the Work, but the loop also permits the needle to be used in a swinging or oscillatory manner with relation to the forefinger, so that the needle-point may be variously usedupon the work. a

The arrangement of the various parts as described in the foregoing specification and as illustrated in the. accompanying drawings is extremely simple and eflicient, and, furthermore, a crochet-needle is produced which can be readily and conveniently used by the operator, without cramping the hand or the forefinger and thumb of the user, as is so often the case with needles of the usual and common straightshanks or stems, necessitating-the holding of the same between the forefinger and thumb.

' While in the foregoing I have described my invention as applied to the shank or stem of acrochet-needle, still I am aware that the principles of the present invention may be applied to shanks or stems of the various kinds adapted for use to numerous purposes other than crochet-work. Hence, I do not'wish to be understood as limiting my present invention solely in connection with the shank or stem of a crochet-needle.

'I claim l. A continuous shank or stem adapted for use as'a crochet-needle, or the like, said shank being provided at one end with a work-point, and said shank being formed intermediate of its ends with a spirally formed finger-receiving loop integral with and extending angularly to the longitudinally extending axis of the shank at one side of the shank.

2. A crochet-needle comprising a shank and a ring-shaped finger-receiving loop, all made in a continuous piece of wire, said loop being spirally formed and extending angularly to the longitudinally extending axis of the shank at one side of the shank.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 23rd day of Dec.- 1920.

SAMUEL M. BIKER.

Witnesses: I

GEORGE D. Riel-mans, EVA E DEsoH; 

